Spin-orbital resonating valence bond liquid on a triangular lattice: Evidence from finite-cluster diagonalization
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Physical Review B |
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| Citation | |
| web | http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v83/i9/e094406 |
| Doi | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.094406 |
| Field | Solid matter physics and magnetism |
| Keywords | spin-orbital models; frustrated magnetism |
| Description | We investigate the ground state of the d1 spin-orbital model for triply degenerate t2g orbitals on a triangular lattice that unifies intrinsic frustration of spin and orbital interactions with geometrical frustration. Using exact diagonalization of finite clusters, we show that the model describes a competition between various possible valence-bond states that interpolate between a highly resonating, dimer-based, entangled spin-orbital liquid phase and a valence-bond state with completely static spin-singlet states. |
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